Re: memory problems
> "mle" == Mikkel L Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: mle> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Ray Curtis wrote: >> >> Read the manpage on lilo.conf, you will note that the 'append' >> statement belongs in the global section of lilo.conf. >> >> Should be: >> >> append="mem=128M" >> >> image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 >> label=linux >> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img >> read-only >> root=/dev/hda2 >> mle> You had better re-read that man page - it actualy lists the append option mle> in the per image section, not in the global section. This actualy makes mle> sense because you sometimes use different append options with different mle> images, depending on how you have the kernel compiled, or what version you mle> are running. I stand corrected already,it works in both sections global and image, However since your machine has a certain amount of memory it only makes sense that with whatever image you run you would want to use all available memory. -- Ray Curtis Unix Programmer/Consultant Curtis Consulting mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.clark.net/pub/ray ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
On 06-Oct-2000 Ray Curtis spoke something to the effect: >>>>>> "k" == kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > k> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > k> Hash: SHA1 > > k> I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to > my > k> lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. > k> Here is my lilo.conf file: > k> > k> image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > k> label=linux > k> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > k> read-only > k> root=/dev/hda2 > k> append=" mem=128M" > > k> other=/dev/hda1 > k> label=dos > > Read the manpage on lilo.conf, you will note that the 'append' > statement belongs in the global section of lilo.conf. > > Should be: > > append="mem=128M" > > image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 It will work the way it is in the original post.It would just need to be added into every section with a kernel (image) entry or it won't show up. Been there, done that. -- It's OK. I'm an intellectual, too. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Ray Curtis wrote: > > > > Read the manpage on lilo.conf, you will note that the 'append' > > statement belongs in the global section of lilo.conf. > > > You had better re-read that man page - it actualy lists the append option > in the per image section, not in the global section. This actualy makes > sense because you sometimes use different append options with different > images, depending on how you have the kernel compiled, or what version you > are running. actually, i think you can have the "append=" directive either global, or in one of the images. most of the lilo.conf directives are like this, where the specific one overrides the global one. unfortunately, the man page for lilo.conf does not always make clear which directives can be both global and per-image. rday -- "This is Microsoft technical support. How may I misinform you?" ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:21:20AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my > lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. > Here is my lilo.conf file: > > image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 > append=" mem=128M" ^ Try losing the space -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Ray Curtis wrote: > > Read the manpage on lilo.conf, you will note that the 'append' > statement belongs in the global section of lilo.conf. > > Should be: > > append="mem=128M" > > image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 > You had better re-read that man page - it actualy lists the append option in the per image section, not in the global section. This actualy makes sense because you sometimes use different append options with different images, depending on how you have the kernel compiled, or what version you are running. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
Your total memory from free shows 127820. If your running in X mode this requires quite a bit of memory. Memory is also allocated for buffers and cache. I would not worry about the print out from this free as it looks quite normal to me. I ran a news service at one time that if you ran a top showed 40 % of memory allocated to the news service alone. I was always dipping into swap but as long as your not dipping to deeply into swap your memory usage is fine. Why have memoy on board and not have in use? Memory not in use is "free memory". Eddie Strohmier - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:21 AM Subject: memory problems > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my > lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. > Here is my lilo.conf file: > > image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 > append=" mem=128M" > > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > > Here is my readout from free > > total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796 > - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080 > Swap: 401616 2288399328 > > I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free ! > What is wrong here ? > Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE53Jxqq3uBt76RTogRAkyuAKCtq62PDCm44RYhjpQ8wi6f1UzHzwCePp2r > Zv5L9e2tBYMCco7KsjISXzM= > =c9hs > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my > lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. > Here is my lilo.conf file: > > image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 > append=" mem=128M" > > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > > Here is my readout from free > > total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796 > - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080 > Swap: 401616 2288399328 > > I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free ! > What is wrong here ? > Nothing. Linux just uses most of the available RAM for caching. If it is needed, it will release the memory. Unlike Windows which does NOT cache in memory, you can expect to see most of your ram "used up" in linux. For example, I have 192 megs of RAM on my system here... and here's MY system's "free": [john@slave1 john]$ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 192628 1893443284 63604 74552 43204 -/+ buffers/cache: 71588 121040 Swap: 131652172 131480 John ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
>>>>> "k" == kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: k> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- k> Hash: SHA1 k> I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my k> lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. k> Here is my lilo.conf file: k> k> image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 k> label=linux k> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img k> read-only k> root=/dev/hda2 k> append=" mem=128M" k> other=/dev/hda1 k> label=dos Read the manpage on lilo.conf, you will note that the 'append' statement belongs in the global section of lilo.conf. Should be: append="mem=128M" image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img read-only root=/dev/hda2 -- Ray Curtis Unix Programmer/Consultant Curtis Consulting mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.clark.net/pub/ray ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my > lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. > Here is my lilo.conf file: > > image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 > append=" mem=128M" > > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > > Here is my readout from free > > total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796 > - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080 > Swap: 401616 2288399328 > > I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free ! > What is wrong here ? > Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't see the problem. You are showing 127820K total (plus what the kernel is using...) Discounting memory used for buffers, you are using 64740K,, and have 63080K free. You are also using 2288K of swap space, out of a total of 401616K, leaving 399328K of swap free. You might want to use the -m option of free to display usage in Megs, instead of K... One other point - Linux uses almost all of the otherwise unused memory for disk buffers. So on any system that has had much activity, the amount of free memory shown in the first total line will be small. This is because Linux is not wasting the memory. The second total line shows what is being used by programs, and how much is free for program use. Looking at your usage, you probably have X and Netscape running - you are using a fair amount of memory... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
Hi kabir, Try "top". It's like free & ps at the same time. It is also continuous, so you can see if it is only for a moment or continuously using up resources. But it looks like you have all the memory being recognized. kcn> Mem: 127820 Have fun, -- _ Brian Ashe CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. http://www.dee-web.com/ - You don't have to swim faster than the shark... You just have to swim faster than the people you're with. Thursday, October 05, 2000, 11:21:20 AM, you wrote: kcn> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- kcn> Hash: SHA1 kcn> I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my kcn> lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. kcn> Here is my lilo.conf file: kcn> kcn> image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 kcn> label=linux kcn> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img kcn> read-only kcn> root=/dev/hda2 kcn> append=" mem=128M" kcn> other=/dev/hda1 kcn> label=dos kcn> Here is my readout from free kcn> total used free sharedbuffers cached kcn> Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796 kcn> - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080 kcn> Swap: 401616 2288399328 kcn> I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free ! kcn> What is wrong here ? kcn> Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kcn> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- kcn> Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) kcn> Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org kcn> iD8DBQE53Jxqq3uBt76RTogRAkyuAKCtq62PDCm44RYhjpQ8wi6f1UzHzwCePp2r kcn> Zv5L9e2tBYMCco7KsjISXzM= kcn> =c9hs kcn> -END PGP SIGNATURE- kcn> ___ kcn> Redhat-list mailing list kcn> [EMAIL PROTECTED] kcn> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: memory problems
> total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796 > - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080 > Swap: 401616 2288399328 > > I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free ! > What is wrong here ? There is nothing wrong here. This is fairly normal (it is on all my boxes anyway).. Here is the readout from 'free' on my office machine with 256M installed: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:257644 254604 3040 335864 12724 193028 -/+ buffers/cache: 48852 208792 Swap: 265064 11252 253812 Regards Chris ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
memory problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am having memory problems I added the statement append=mem=128M" to my lilo.conf and it won't recognise it. Here is my lilo.conf file: image=/boot/linux-2.2.12 label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img read-only root=/dev/hda2 append=" mem=128M" other=/dev/hda1 label=dos Here is my readout from free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 127820 124748 3072 28396 9212 50796 - -/+ buffers/cache: 64740 63080 Swap: 401616 2288399328 I think I should definately have more 3 Megs free ! What is wrong here ? Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE53Jxqq3uBt76RTogRAkyuAKCtq62PDCm44RYhjpQ8wi6f1UzHzwCePp2r Zv5L9e2tBYMCco7KsjISXzM= =c9hs -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
